A new Gulf is rising - one that will be radically different to the one we know. This book is about the economic, social and political transformation sweeping the 6 Gulf states of the GCC... Now the fastest growing part of the world economy.
This absorbing new publication provides a concise but complete description of the Arabian countries benefiting most from the affluence sweeping the Middle East in the 21st century. The New Gulf - How Modern Arabia is Changing the World for Good focuses on the economic, social and political transformation sweeping the Gulf states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It provides a timely explanation of how the region was developed and the significant impact it will have on the world in the years to come.
The author, Edmund O'Sullivan, delves into Arabia's past to narrate a remarkable story. It encompasses Adam and Eve, Alexander..Persians..Rome..Byzantium.. Islam..the Seljuks..Ottomans..Portuguese.,Dutch..British traders. Finally, he describes the dramas of the 20th C, incl. oil that made the Gulf one of the world's most vital regions.
Turning to the present, he forecasts the 6 Arabian countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are set to become the sixth largest economy in the world by 2030. He predicts the civilization emerging in the New Gulf will help transform the wider region for the better, with profound and inspiring consequences.
O'Sullivan challenges the common assertion that the Gulf is a permanent source of political instability and that conflict in the region is inevitable. He foresees its growing affluence as having a profound, positive and irreversible impact on some of the biggest issues both the region and the world face in the 21st century.
Putting years of experience and specialized knowledge into a single volume, The New Gulf: How Modern Arabia is Changing the World for Good is essential reading for residents in - or visitors to - the Gulf.
Edmund O'Sullivan is a writer and economist who works for MEED in Dubai. His previous books include The New Gulf; How Modern Arabia Will Change the World for Good. The Three Charlies is his first work of fiction.
O'Sullivan was born near Slough and lived in the town before going to the LSE to study monetary economics. He worked for Reuters and as a government economist before joining MEED where he became editor and then publisher. He was named UK PPA Business Publisher of the year in 2003. O'Sullivan has lived in Dubai since September 2003 and is now chairman of MEED Events. He writes a column about Middle East economic and political events (www.meed.com).
Married with one son, O'Sullivan was a member of the bass/baritone section of the London Welsh Male Voice Choir.
He is co-founder with his brother Richard of The Irish Brigade website, which is dedicated to the memory of his father Edmund and all those who served in the 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade in World War II (see www.irishbrigade.co.uk).
